Ckeesee12

Its hit -10* F the last night, and I woke up this morning and the car has plenty of spark, and cranks repeatedly, but will not fire. If I abuse the starter and keep the key turned it will pop every few seconds like it is about to start, but never does.
Any ideas?!
Thanks in advance!

211Ratsbud

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Stand alone ems? Same here I haven't figured it out, but I assume it needs a little more air to start. Bump up the iscv a little. Holding my throttle lightly fires right up in -1 or less Fahrenheit .

Ckeesee12

It's not, the car only has basic bolt ons.

cfdfireman1

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throw a new set of plugs in her. full tank of gas not E85? if all else fails a tiny shot of ether.

heel2toe

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93 or e85? If the latter there are some great threads on here that I can try and find for you to help out. If its 93 then the stock starting tables should suffice so I'd guess it's some other issue.

Ckeesee12

Gas, and plugs are only a couple of weeks old! I have it in the garage at the moment. Unfortunately, no luxury of staying in for more than one night. Gonna try to start up in about an hour. Have the heater cranked out there.

wc351

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While I don't have the super cold temps that you have. I have noticed that the closer to zero the more sluggish my vehicles are to start. I have hooked up a trickle charger overnight and had no such issues the next day, even though the vehicles seemed to have plenty of power.

Ckeesee12

Threw new plugs in, and had the heater cranked up. Little bit of starting fluid, and a good 25 seconds of cranking. Garage queen for the night.

evotuner04

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Could be bad coils (even one bad pack or coil could be a culprit) as well. My buddy had the same problem the other day with his. Mini battery? If its an oem battery I'd check out the coils

jason42003

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You definitely have an issue outside of the cold. It get -40 up here and yes it does start a little slower but I have never had an issue with it not starting. What size battery do you have, more specifically how many cca?

PTK42792

Are you getting fuel pressure?

knx2

What about your battery. What kind of cold cranking AMPs do you have? If you have a mini battery that is not going to work in that kind of cold.

jrainwater

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That's not exactly a true statement with all due respect. I have the Odyssey 925 and my car has been starting up first crank all winter long in Chicago. Wind chills have been -20 to -40 for a couple weeks straight now. The smaller Odyssey 680 I could see issues though.

knx2

If the battery is cranking but it is not charged enough to crank hard enough it will crank and crank till it goes dead.

I know from my experience with my mini battery. I relocated the battery to the trunk and purchased a bigger battery and have not had a problem since.

It is worth looking into and should not be ruled out.

knx2

1. What is wind chill temperature?

A. The wind chill temperature is how cold people and animals feel when outside. Windchill is based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by wind and cold. As the wind increases, it draws heat from the body, driving down skin temperature and eventually the internal body temperature. Therefore, the wind makes it FEEL much colder. If the temperature is 0 degrees Fahrenheit and the wind is blowing at 15 mph, the wind chill is -19 degrees Fahrenheit. At this wind chill temperature, exposed skin can freeze in 30 minutes.

2. Can wind chill impact my car's radiator or exposed water pipe?

A. The only effect wind chill has on inanimate objects, such as car radiators and water pipes, is to shorten the amount of time for the object to cool. The inanimate object will not cool below the actual air temperature. For example, if the temperature outside is -5 degrees Fahrenheit and the wind chill temperature is -31 degrees Fahrenheit, then your car's radiator will not drop lower than -5 degrees Fahrenheit.